Week 1- Introduction - Literacy in Our Lives: What does it mean to be literate? How is “literacy” defined?How might literacy take on different forms in different contexts?
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Start a Discussion - What experience did you have in your earliest memories of school that help you to define literacy? As a HW assignment on THINKFINITY – write a brief narrative on your experience. Don't analyze, just tell the "story".
Post by Monday and then comment on at least 2 other narratives from our class, by indicating what you perceive the implications to be on our practice as literacy teachers
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Find your name on the page that says "Introductions". It will be linked to a clean page. Click "edit" and introduce yourself in whatever fashion you choose.
Explore tutorials for Wikis to help you
Print and Bring Article on "Organizing Classroom for Literacy Instruction"-DO NOT READ
Literacy in Our Lives: What does it mean to be literate? How is “literacy” defined? How might literacy take on different forms in different contexts?
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Thinkfinity is the Verizon Foundation’s free online professional learning community, providing access to over 50,000 educators and experts in curriculum enhancement, along with thousands of award-winning digital resources for K-12 — aligned to state standards and the common core.Here, educators connect and collaborate through themed groups, blogs and discussions, sharing resources and best practices that support 21st century teaching and learning.
Assignment for next week:
Thinkfinity
- Join!! Then we will invite you to the group
- Start a Discussion - What experience did you have in your earliest memories of school that help you to define literacy? As a HW assignment on THINKFINITY – write a brief narrative on your experience. Don't analyze, just tell the "story".
- Post by Monday and then comment on at least 2 other narratives from our class, by indicating what you perceive the implications to be on our practice as literacy teachers
WikiSpaces- We will invite you!!
- Find your name on the page that says "Introductions". It will be linked to a clean page. Click "edit" and introduce yourself in whatever fashion you choose.
- Explore tutorials for Wikis to help you
Print and Bring Article on "Organizing Classroom for Literacy Instruction"-DO NOT READRead Chapter 1 of the Text